GCP Platform Engineer
About this role
Senior GCP Platform Engineer
Location: London / Hybrid (1 day per week in office – easily accessible from South West London)
Salary: £80,000 – £90,000 per year + 30% Bonus
Job Type: Permanent
Industry: Insurance / IT Services
Disciplines: Cloud, Infrastructure and Services / DevOps
About Us
We are Bridge Staffing Agency, a dedicated recruitment partner committed to connecting exceptional talent with organizations where they can make a lasting impact. We take pride in building collaborative relationships and tailoring our search solutions to your professional goals, your pace, and your people.
The Opportunity
We are partnering with a leading UK insurance business that is building out a modern, cloud-native data platform to support its growing data and analytics capabilities. As part of this journey, they are looking for a Senior GCP Data Platform Engineer to take ownership of the infrastructure, automation, and platform capabilities that underpin the wider Data Engineering function.
This is a senior individual contributor role suited to someone who enjoys building, owning, and evolving cloud platforms. You will have the autonomy to make decisions, drive technical improvements, and deliver outcomes while working closely with Data Engineering and Platform teams in a collaborative, pragmatic environment.
Key Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure within GCP using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
Own and evolve Terraform modules, deployment standards, and platform patterns.
Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines to support data platform delivery.
Support and optimize core GCP services used across the data estate.
Implement monitoring, alerting, logging, and observability capabilities.
Define and maintain secure IAM, access control, and governance practices.
Develop reusable tools and automation that improve developer experience.
Support integration and migration activities between Azure and GCP where required.
Create and maintain technical documentation, standards, and operational runbooks.
Partner with Data Engineers and Platform teams to ensure solutions align with wider engineering standards.
What We’re Looking For
Strong hands-on experience operating and engineering platforms within GCP.
Excellent Terraform and Infrastructure as Code expertise.
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines from the ground up.
Strong DevOps and platform engineering background with production cloud experience.
Solid knowledge of networking, security, and cloud infrastructure best practices.
Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions.
Ability to work autonomously, make informed decisions, and take ownership of technical delivery.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
A pragmatic approach to engineering that balances technical excellence with business needs.
Desirable: Experience with Backstage or similar developer enablement tooling; BigQuery, Cloud Composer, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, or Dataplex; exposure to multi-cloud (GCP/Azure) or regulated industries like insurance/financial services.